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Insect that looks like a wasp but crawls like a praying mantis is captured devouring a fly
The Daily Mail ^ | August 27, 2015 | Sarah Griffiths

Posted on 09/04/2015 3:47:58 PM PDT by EveningStar

Full title: The stuff of nightmares! Insect that looks like a wasp but crawls like a praying mantis is captured devouring a fly (after ripping off its prey's legs)


If you have a fear of creepy crawlies, you may want to approach with caution.

A YouTube user has captured a mantidfly, which looks like a wasp but has the front legs, sharp jaws and bulging eyes of a praying mantis, tucking into a small fly.

The video shows the active hunter feasting on the fly's body, which it holds in its front legs and nibbles on like a human stripping a cob of corn or a pork rib.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: cryptid; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; gilligansisland; insect; mantidfly
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1 posted on 09/04/2015 3:47:58 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

What will he be charged with?


2 posted on 09/04/2015 3:49:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: EveningStar

Holly Crap I thought I had too much free time,Whewwww i don’t feel so bad any longer......


3 posted on 09/04/2015 3:56:11 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: EveningStar

Harmless?

That’s what it wants you to think.

Then, when his buddies arrive from Alpha Centauri, they will ban together and take over this part of the universe.

Harmless. Yeah, right.

Oh, the fly might disgree with the narrator also. But the fly wasn’t up for an interview.


4 posted on 09/04/2015 3:58:04 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: EveningStar


5 posted on 09/04/2015 4:00:16 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: TomGuy

Then, when his buddies arrive from Alpha Centauri, they will ban together and take over this part of the universe.


His buddies are 10,000 times bigger than he is, too.


6 posted on 09/04/2015 4:01:43 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: EveningStar

Looks a little like James Carville.


7 posted on 09/04/2015 4:01:47 PM PDT by Leep (Cut the crap!)
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To: JoeProBono

handsome little devil..


8 posted on 09/04/2015 4:01:59 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Leep

Stop with the insults or I’ll report you to the MADL!


9 posted on 09/04/2015 4:03:17 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar


Reminds me of Starship Troopers. (Book was better than the movie.)
10 posted on 09/04/2015 4:03:39 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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To: EveningStar

Good God

Why do I always click on these threads...


11 posted on 09/04/2015 4:04:17 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: nickcarraway
What will he be charged with?
Acting like a typical leading GOPe US Senator who will not schedule a vote to defund PP, because he agrees with Obama...
12 posted on 09/04/2015 4:09:27 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (When you see a drowning liberal, throw them the anchor...)
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To: JoeProBono
Kent Brockman photo: Kent Brockman - WHAT? kentbrockman.jpg
13 posted on 09/04/2015 4:24:03 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

Here in wv, we are frequently visited by a curious and almost friendly insect that I believe is a hoverfly. It is marked much like a hornet or wasp but just hovers around, generally staring at us as if curious. Never gets annoyingly close nor shows any signs of nesting or any aggression. He just stops by to visit during the day.


14 posted on 09/04/2015 4:27:07 PM PDT by chrisser (This space for rent.)
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To: chrisser

They feed mostly on nectar and pollen. So, they are looking for flowers.


15 posted on 09/04/2015 4:40:05 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: JoeProBono

Great photo of Valerie Jarrett!


16 posted on 09/04/2015 4:45:01 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: JoeProBono

You want fries with that?

Flies? No, I said fries. This is McDonald’s, not Hillary’s closet.


17 posted on 09/04/2015 4:46:09 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TomGuy
Then, when his buddies arrive from Alpha Centauri, they will ban together and take over this part of the universe.

"We like humans - preferably raw."

18 posted on 09/04/2015 4:55:33 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate. [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/currencyjunkie/me)
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To: EveningStar
Mike and the Bots saw this movie before:

19 posted on 09/04/2015 5:00:02 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: EveningStar

Fly lives matter!


20 posted on 09/04/2015 5:02:23 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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